In no specific order here are some old concert ticket stubs from gigs I’ve attended (just click on any image to enlarge it).  I don’t really have any left from my most prolific period of concert going in the 1970s due to my father having a clear out whilst I was away at university.  Subsequently I’ve gone looking for such items and managed to find a few, on various web sites, which I’ve also included in this for historical archive purposes.

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I’ve also got Robert Plant’s autograph (13 April 1981 – Blue Note club in Derby) and some Crew passes.

Compare the prices!

Grumpy old man update – Yawn, buying tickets and printing them off at home is so naff, you can’t really keep a crappy piece of A4 as a souvenir.  Come on music industry types, if you are going for the cheap option at least create some interesting tickets rather than just bit of text with a bar code on it!

Ian McNabb [24/11/2018]

Suede – [12 Oct 2018] Hammersmith Eventim Apollo

The Human League and Midge Ure [21 Nov 2018] Southend Cliffs Pavillion

Rainbow [16 Aug 1980] Monsters of Rock Donnington Park

Iron Maiden – Legacy of the Beast 2018 tour – O2 Arena 11 August 2018

Siouxsie & the Banshees & Cure [18 Sep1979] Leicester DeMontfort Hall

The Tiger Lillies [22 May 2018] Wiltons Music Hall, London

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds [7 July 2018], Greenwich London

Blancmange [6 Oct 2017] 229 club

Carl Palmer ELP Legacy [2 Aug 2018] Under the Bridge

Uriah Heep [14 Dec 2018] Shepherds Bush Empire

Boomtown Rats [29 Oct 1977] Derby King’s Hall

Peter Gabriel [3 Mar 1980] Newcastle City Hall

Whitesnake – [24 May 1981] Newcastle City Hall

Patti Smith and Steve Earle [19 Jun 2005] London Royal Festival Hall

UFO [5 Feb 1979] Leicester DeMontfort Hall

Mew [20 Oct 2018] Barbican, London

Ray Davies [19 Dec 2010] London Royal Festival Hall

The Waterboys [27 Apr 2018] London Palladium

Steve Hackett – [15 Jun 1980] Newcastle City Hall

Nils Lofgren [13 Dec 1981] Birmingham Odeon

David Bowie [3 July 1973] London Hammersmith Odeon example

Devo [6 Jun 1980] Sheffield City Hall

Peter Hook and the Light [28 Sep 2018] Camden Electric Ballroom

Genesis [21 Jan 1977] Leicester DeMontford Hall

Camel [18 May 1982] Birmingham Odeon

Spear of Destiny – [13 May 2018] 229 London

UFO – [22 Mar 2019] Cambridge Junction

The Waterboys [17 Feb 1989] Birmingham Hummingbird

Marilyn Manson [19 Nov 2015] London Eventim Apollo

Queen [26 Dec 1979] London Hammersmith Odeon example

Camel [19 Feb 1981] Newcastle City Hall

Fashion [27 May 1982] Birmingham Odeon

Simple Minds [20 Nov1982] Newcastle City Hall

Lee Scratch Perry [3 Feb 2012] Hatfield Forum

Thin Lizzy [1 Apr 1979] Birmingham Odeon

Jethro Tull [17 Apr 2018] Royal Albert Hall

Led Zepplin [11 Aug 1979] Knebworth

The Gaslight Anthem [30 Mar 2013] London Troxy

Rainbow – O2 London [17 June 2017] Stone Free Festival

Steve Hackett – [1 Nov 2014] Eventim Apollo London

Kate Bush [16 Sep 2014] – Eventim Apollo London

U2 [1 Mar 1983] Newcastle City Hall

Kid Rock [30 Nov 2008] London Hammersmith Apollo

ReGenesis – 16 Oct 2016

The Tubes [7 Oct 2016] London ‘Under the Bridge’

AC-DC [22 Aug 1980] Donnington Monsters of Rock

The Pretenders [7 Dec 1981] Birmingham Odeon

David Bowie [1 July 1978] London Earls Court

The Smiths [8 Mar 1984] Middlesbrough Town Hall

Hanoi Rocks [27 Jun 1984] Nottingham Zhivago’s

Starsailor [17 Oct 2001] Oxford Brookes Student Union

Black Sabbath [24 Jan 1981] Leeds Queen’s Hall

The Tiger Lillies [23 May 2015] – London Wonderground

Deep Purple – [23 Nov 2017] London O2

Mikelangelo and the Black Sea Gentlemen [14 May 2013] Brighton Spiegeltent

Placebo [9 Dec 2009] London O2

SAHB Edinburgh 2 May 1975

Gary Newman [18 Oct 1983] Middlesbrough Town Hall

Supertramp [16 Jun 1997] Birmingham NIA

Golden Earring [13 Mar 2009] – Ipswich Regent

Mikelangelo and the Black Sea Gentlemen [5 Sep 2009] London Soho theatre

Marc Almond [9 Aug 2012] London Royal Festival Hall

Def Leppard [16 Nov 1996] Birmingham NEC

Icicle Works [3 Oct 1985] Salford University

Nine Inch Nails [23 May 2014] – O2 London

Sex Pistols [4 Dec 1976] Derby Kings Hall

Iron Maiden [21 May 2016] Johannesburg

Rick Wakeman [30 July 2010] Bury St Edmunds

Neil Young & Crazy Horse [15 Jun 2001] Birmingham NEC

Placebo [23 Oct 2017] Brixton Academy

Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel [20 Jan 2017] London ‘Under the Bridge’

Stub – Flunk [24 Jan 2018] 100 Club London

Green On Red [4 Dec 1989] Birmingham Irish Centre

Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel [13 July 2013] London

Steve Hackett – [10 May 2013] Hammersmith Apollo London

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band [16 May 1999] Birmingham NEC

Green On Red [10 Jan 2006] London Astoria

The Killers [1 Nov 2012] Birmingham NEC

Camel [18 May 1982] Birmingham Odeon

Magnum [16 Mar 1980] Redcar Coatam Bowl

Gun [4 Sep 1994] Wolverhampton Civic Hall

Peter Gabriel [24 Aug 1978] Derby Assembly Rooms

The Waterboys [22 Oct 2004] London Canary Wharf

Neil Young [24 Sep 1982] Birmingham NEC

Echo & the Bunnymen [17 Jan 1983] Newcastle City Hall

Drive By Truckers [13 May 2014] London Sheperd’s Bush Empire

Marillion [28 Feb 1994] Wolverhampton Civic Hall

The Pogues [8 Dec 1986] London Hammersmith Palais

Led Zepplin [11 Aug 1979] Knebworth

The Waterboys [3 Feb 2006] London Sheperd’s Bush Empire

The Rolling Stones [25 July 1982] Leeds Roundhay Park

Voice of the Beehive [11 Mar 1988] London Kentish Town & Country Club

The Waterboys [27 Apr 2018] London Palladium

Magnum [4 May 2014] London Islington Assembly Hall

Gillan [5 Oct 1979] Newcastle Mayfair

The Waterboys [15 Dec 2013] Oxford New Theatre

Steve Hackett – [19 May 2017] London Palladium

Steely Dan [8 Sep 2000] Birmingham NEC

Steely Dan [25 May 1996] Birmingham NEC

The Rolling Stones [26 Jun 1982] London Wembley Stadium

Linkin Park [24 Nov 2014] – The O2 London

Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel [11 Nov 2015] London O2 Indigo

Rick Wakeman [21 May 2016] Harlow Playhouse

New Order [27 Oct 2007] London Wembley Arena

Genesis [24 June 1978] Knebworth

The Tiger Lillies [7 Jun 2013] – London Wonderground

Fashion [30 October 1982] Aylesbury Friars

Genesis [15 Apr 1980] Leicester DeMontford Hall

The Jam [25 Nov 1977] Derby King’s Hall

Del Amitri [11 Aug 1989] Birmingham Synatras

The Icicle Works [21 Oct 2017] – O2 Academy Islington

Steve Hackett – [24 Oct 2013] Royal Albert Hall

ReGenesis [26 Oct 2012] London O2 Academy Islington

Yes [2 Dec 1980] Newcastle City Hall

Rick Wakeman [30 Apr 2014] Royal Albert Hall

Elkie Brooks – 22 Oct 2016

Rick Wakeman [18 Nov 1981] Birmingham Odeon

ABC [8 Nov 2015] – London Drury Lane Theatre

Yes [2 Nov 1977] Stafford Bingley Hall

10000 Maniacs [9 Nov 1989] Wolverhampton Civic Hall

The Rezillos, Spizzenergi, The Tuts

The Waterboys [2 Oct 2003] Derby Assembly Rooms

Chuck Prophet [17 Nov 2017] ULU London

The Icicle Works [23 July 1986] London Kentish Town & Country Club

Avril Lavigne [4 Oct 2004] Birmingham NIA

Flunk – [8 Feb 2019], 100 Club

The Icicle Works – 21 Oct 2017 Stub signed by Ian McNabb

Rainbow – [19 Feb 1980] Newcastle City Hall

Mott the Hoople [26 Apr 2019] Shepherds Bush Empire

Blancmange [27 Apr 2019] Under the Bridge, Chelsea

The Icicle Works [18 May 2019] O2 Academy Islington

The Stray Cats [27 June 2019] Hammersmith Apollo

Patti Smith [5 Oct 2021] Royal Albert Hall

Bauhaus [30 Oct 2021] Alexandra Palace

Camille O’Sullivan [17 Nov 2021] Wiltons Music Hall

The Darkness [22 Nov 2021] Southend

Theatre of Hate – SpizzEnergi [19 Dec 2021] 229 London

Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie – [7 Oct 2022] Garage, London

Fantastic Negrito [27 July 2022] Camden Jazz Cafe

The Black Crowes [27 Sep 2022] Brixton Academy

The Stranglers [5 Feb 2022] Brixton Academy

Van Morrison Jeff Beck Johnny Depp [15 July 2022] Montreaux Jazz Festival

Pet Shop Boys [22 May 2022] acutal date – O2 London

Bauhaus [30 Oct 2021] Alexandra Palace

Patti Smith [5 Oct 2021] Royal Albert Hall

Steve Hackett [27 Nov 2019] Southend